Oscar Wilde Quotes
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
Quotes to Explore
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I've made a dozen films in the English language. But then, for love, for my family and friends, I returned to Europe... I annoyingly - looking back - turned down films like 007, 'For Your Eyes Only,' written specially for me.
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A man's primary fantasy is access to a variety of attractive women without the fear of rejection.
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At my core, I know that the American Dream is about the opportunity to work hard to make your future.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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Modern politics today requires a mastery of television. I've never really warmed up to television and, in fairness to television, it's never warmed up to me.
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President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several times, with the, with a lot of his people hoping that it would lead to a confrontation and claiming that it had. And could have resulted in the lost of many lives in the course of it.
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After '45, Ben Gurion started to organize the Zionist movement and the conference in Baltimore. At this convention, they decided that the helm of the Zionist movement has to be a Jewish commonwealth... a Jewish commonwealth!
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For me, the labor movement and public education are linked as the essential building blocks to a strong middle class and a path to the American dream. It's why I went to Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as an undergrad and then to law school.
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Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
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Denying our courts the ability to hear oil-related cases of great consequence to our environment and our economy is completely the wrong direction to protect the rights of Floridians.
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If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.
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What is fetus farming? Simply put, it is the creation and development of a human fetus for the purposes of later killing it for research or for harvesting its organs.
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In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.
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There are little Indian girls out there who look up to me, and I never want to belittle the honor of being an inspiration to them. But while I’m talking about why I’m so different, white male show runners get to talk about their art.
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You can be on the cusp of something. Appreciate the cusp, not the something. Appreciate this moment now.
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The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
